VASCULAR ARDMS BOARDS DAVIES
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS { GRADED A+}
What's the first major arterial branch of the aorta is the? -
✔✔Innominate artery or brachiocephalic artery
The vertebral artery usually arises from the: - ✔✔Subclavian Artery
The incidence of new strokes per year is: - ✔✔from 500,000 to 700,000
The abbreviation TIA stands for: - ✔✔Transient Ischemic Attack
A TIA of the right anterior hemisphere of the brain will likely affect: -
The left side of the body - affects the side of the body opposite that of
the ischemic hemisphere
,Amaurosis Fugax related to an internal carotid lesion will cause: -
✔✔Temporary blindness or shadowing of the ipsilateral eye. affects
same side since thromboembolic activity from ulcerated ipsilateral
carotid atheroma is suspected
A transient ischemic attack: - ✔✔Resolves within 24 hours. TIA often
last just a few minutes
Simultaneous bilateral ocular symptoms in the patient with suspected
cerebrovascular disease generally originate form: - ✔✔The
vertebrobasilar arteries . usually originate in the posterior circulation , as
the visual cortex is in the occipital lobe. The specific binocular symptom
of homonymous hemianopia results from obstruction of a middle
cerebral artery branch, not the vertebrobasilar system
What are symptoms when vertebrobasilar circulation is effected? -
✔✔Vertigo, dizziness, ataxia, or other bilateral or global symptoms .
What are symptoms when anterior circulation is effected? - ✔✔Facial
Asymmetry, unilateral
,What accurately defines RIND also called stroke with recovery? -
✔✔A neurologic ischemic deficit that resolves completely after 24
hours. Describes an intracranial ischemic event that does not resolve
within 24 hours but thereafter completely resolves.
A 56- year old patient reports loss of vision in her left eye two days ago,
with total resolution in 10 minutes. Yesterday morning she developed
weakness and numbness in her right hand and was unable to hold her
coffee cup. This afternoon her hand strength is about 90% normal, with
normal sensation. Clinically she has: - ✔✔Stroke because it has
persisted longer than 24 hours and has not resolved completely
The infraorbital artery is a terminal branch of the: - ✔✔Maxillary
Artery . It creates one of the potential anastomoses with orbital branches
that can provide collateral pathways in the even of carotid obstruction
Amaurosis Fugax can be interpreted as a: - ✔✔Transient Ischemic
Attack of the eye.
, Dysphagia is : - ✔✔Difficulty swallowing. Symptom associated with
vertebrobasilar insufficiency.
A binocular disturbance that disrupts vision in half the visual field of
both eyes is called: - ✔✔Homonymous Hemianopia
Paresthesia refers to: - ✔✔tingling sensation
A patient describes a 30-minute episode of garbled speech. This is
called: - ✔✔Dysphasia . Aphasia is widely used as well but technically
this is incorrect, since it means "absence of speech."
A right-handed patient experiences a 30-minute episode of dysphasia.
Which area of circulation is suspect? - ✔✔Left hemisphere . The
speech area of the cortex is in the temporal lobe of the dominant
hemisphere
What is true regarding subclavian steal? - ✔✔It is usually a harmless
hemodynamic phenomenon. It is caused by arterial obstruction proximal
to the origin of the vertebral artery. This creates an abnormal pressure
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS { GRADED A+}
What's the first major arterial branch of the aorta is the? -
✔✔Innominate artery or brachiocephalic artery
The vertebral artery usually arises from the: - ✔✔Subclavian Artery
The incidence of new strokes per year is: - ✔✔from 500,000 to 700,000
The abbreviation TIA stands for: - ✔✔Transient Ischemic Attack
A TIA of the right anterior hemisphere of the brain will likely affect: -
The left side of the body - affects the side of the body opposite that of
the ischemic hemisphere
,Amaurosis Fugax related to an internal carotid lesion will cause: -
✔✔Temporary blindness or shadowing of the ipsilateral eye. affects
same side since thromboembolic activity from ulcerated ipsilateral
carotid atheroma is suspected
A transient ischemic attack: - ✔✔Resolves within 24 hours. TIA often
last just a few minutes
Simultaneous bilateral ocular symptoms in the patient with suspected
cerebrovascular disease generally originate form: - ✔✔The
vertebrobasilar arteries . usually originate in the posterior circulation , as
the visual cortex is in the occipital lobe. The specific binocular symptom
of homonymous hemianopia results from obstruction of a middle
cerebral artery branch, not the vertebrobasilar system
What are symptoms when vertebrobasilar circulation is effected? -
✔✔Vertigo, dizziness, ataxia, or other bilateral or global symptoms .
What are symptoms when anterior circulation is effected? - ✔✔Facial
Asymmetry, unilateral
,What accurately defines RIND also called stroke with recovery? -
✔✔A neurologic ischemic deficit that resolves completely after 24
hours. Describes an intracranial ischemic event that does not resolve
within 24 hours but thereafter completely resolves.
A 56- year old patient reports loss of vision in her left eye two days ago,
with total resolution in 10 minutes. Yesterday morning she developed
weakness and numbness in her right hand and was unable to hold her
coffee cup. This afternoon her hand strength is about 90% normal, with
normal sensation. Clinically she has: - ✔✔Stroke because it has
persisted longer than 24 hours and has not resolved completely
The infraorbital artery is a terminal branch of the: - ✔✔Maxillary
Artery . It creates one of the potential anastomoses with orbital branches
that can provide collateral pathways in the even of carotid obstruction
Amaurosis Fugax can be interpreted as a: - ✔✔Transient Ischemic
Attack of the eye.
, Dysphagia is : - ✔✔Difficulty swallowing. Symptom associated with
vertebrobasilar insufficiency.
A binocular disturbance that disrupts vision in half the visual field of
both eyes is called: - ✔✔Homonymous Hemianopia
Paresthesia refers to: - ✔✔tingling sensation
A patient describes a 30-minute episode of garbled speech. This is
called: - ✔✔Dysphasia . Aphasia is widely used as well but technically
this is incorrect, since it means "absence of speech."
A right-handed patient experiences a 30-minute episode of dysphasia.
Which area of circulation is suspect? - ✔✔Left hemisphere . The
speech area of the cortex is in the temporal lobe of the dominant
hemisphere
What is true regarding subclavian steal? - ✔✔It is usually a harmless
hemodynamic phenomenon. It is caused by arterial obstruction proximal
to the origin of the vertebral artery. This creates an abnormal pressure
